Stripe

Stripe Tax API

Automate sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance on all your transactions-low or no code integrations available.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Indirect Tax Management BC-220.20

Operations 11

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /v1/tax/calculations Calculate tax for a sale · Post tax calculations #
Ask an LLM
“How do I work out how much tax to charge on an order?”
“Can tax be calculated on shipping costs too?”
Tell an agent
Calculate tax on line items {line_items} in {currency} for customer {customer}.
Calculate tax for {line_items} shipped to {customer_details} in {currency}.
GET /v1/tax/calculations/{calculation}/line_items List line items of a tax calculation · Get tax calculations calculation line items #
Ask an LLM
“How do I see the tax breakdown per line item in a calculation?”
“Which items in my tax calculation were taxed and at what amount?”
Tell an agent
List line items for tax calculation {calculation}.
Show the per-item tax breakdown of calculation {calculation}.
GET /v1/tax/registrations List tax registrations · Get tax registrations #
Ask an LLM
“Where am I registered to collect tax?”
“Which of my tax registrations are active, scheduled or expired?”
Tell an agent
List my tax registrations.
Show tax registrations with status {status}.
POST /v1/tax/registrations Register to collect tax in a country · Post tax registrations #
Ask an LLM
“How do I start collecting tax in a new country?”
“Can I schedule a tax registration to start at a future date?”
Tell an agent
Register for tax in {country} starting {active_from}.
Add a tax registration in {country} with options {country_options} from {active_from}.
POST /v1/tax/registrations/{id} Change or end a tax registration · Post tax registrations id #
Ask an LLM
“How do I stop collecting tax in a country I'm registered in?”
“Can I delete a tax registration once it's created?”
Tell an agent
End tax registration {id} at {expires_at}.
Move the start of tax registration {id} to {active_from}.
GET /v1/tax/settings Get your tax settings · Get tax settings #
Ask an LLM
“What head office address and default tax behavior do I have set?”
“Is my account ready to calculate tax?”
Tell an agent
Show my tax settings.
Check whether my tax settings are complete.
POST /v1/tax/settings Update your tax settings · Post tax settings #
Ask an LLM
“How do I set my head office address for tax calculations?”
“Can I remove a tax setting once it's been set?”
Tell an agent
Set my tax head office to {head_office}.
Update my default tax behavior to {defaults}.
POST /v1/tax/transactions/create_from_calculation Record tax from a calculation · Post tax transactions create from calculation #
Ask an LLM
“How do I record the tax I actually collected on an order?”
“Can I link a tax transaction to my own order number?”
Tell an agent
Record a tax transaction from calculation {calculation} with reference {reference}.
Commit tax calculation {calculation} as order {reference}.
POST /v1/tax/transactions/create_reversal Reverse recorded tax · Post tax transactions create reversal #
Ask an LLM
“How do I reverse the tax on an order that was refunded?”
“Can I reverse tax on only some line items?”
Tell an agent
Fully reverse tax transaction {original_transaction} as {reference}.
Reverse {mode} tax on {line_items} of transaction {original_transaction}, reference {reference}.
GET /v1/tax/transactions/{transaction} Get a tax transaction · Get tax transactions transaction #
Ask an LLM
“How do I look up tax recorded for an order?”
“What was the total tax on this transaction?”
Tell an agent
Show tax transaction {transaction}.
Get the tax recorded on transaction {transaction}.
GET /v1/tax/transactions/{transaction}/line_items List line items of a tax transaction · Get tax transactions transaction line items #
Ask an LLM
“How do I see per-item tax on a recorded tax transaction?”
“Which products in a committed tax transaction were taxed?”
Tell an agent
List line items for tax transaction {transaction}.
Show the first {limit} taxed items on transaction {transaction}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://stripe.com/docs/tax

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stripe/refs/heads/main/openapi/stripe-tax-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

stripe-tax-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Stripe Tax API
  description: Needs description.
  contact:
    email: dev-platform@stripe.com
    name: Stripe Dev Platform Team
    url: https://stripe.com
  termsOfService: https://stripe.com/us/terms/
  version: '2023-10-16'
  x-stripeSpecFilename: spec3
servers:
- url: https://api.stripe.com/
security:
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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